Daily Mirror

Doc stabbed at mosque: I’m so lucky

- BY STEPHEN WHITE

A DOCTOR who treated Manchester bombing survivors has spoken about how he was stabbed in the neck outside a mosque.

Dr Nasser Kurdy, 58, was attacked on his way to an Islamic centre on Sunday evening in what police have called a hate crime.

At his home in Hale, Manchester, the surgeon said: “I knew nothing vital was affected.

“It was a random attack and if it’s going to end up how it has I’m lucky.”

He was taken to hospital with a three-inch wound, but afterwards released.

Akram Malik, of Altrincham and Hale Muslim Associatio­n, said: “I urge the community to respond to hatred with love.”

Two men aged 54 and 32 were arrested within an hour of the attack.

 ??  ?? 3-INCH WOUND Dr Kurdy
3-INCH WOUND Dr Kurdy

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